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The nominees are out for the Saturn Awards, which is the “official awards group of The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Films” for more than half a century! There are three otaku interests among the titles. The Super Mario Bros. Movie and Suzume …Read more »
Nintendo will team up with producer Avi Arad and director Wes Ball to produce a live-action film based on its long-running series The Legend of Zelda. That’s the word from the Big N itself, which says the film will be co-produced by Zelda creator Shigeru …Read more »
The numbers are in for the latest box office weekend in Japan, and for the third week in a row the third live-action Kingdom film came out on top. Based on the manga by Yasuhisa Hara, Kingdom: Unmei no Honoo opened in Japan on July …Read more »
Universal Studios Japan closed down for a while because of COVID. And after it opened its doors again, it still kept a lot of restrictions in place. This included forbidding guests from hugging or high-fiving mascots, due to sanitary reasons. However, with more COVID restrictions …Read more »
This weekend marks the latest installment of the Awesome Games Done Quick charity speedrunning marathon, a week-long round-the-clock event that showcases the best of the best as they absolutely demolish all kinds of games, both new and old. Games Done Quick has raised over $41 …Read more »
Nintendo is banking on making a lot of money from the 2023 Hollywood film The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and Hollywood already has a long list of movies based on video games. But what about video games made into anime? This is something that also …Read more »
Nintendo is best known as a video game company, but President Shuntaro Furukawa indicated in a recent online presentation that the company is very interested in expanding. And they hope their expansions will bring more people to their video games. The upcoming Super Mario Bros. …Read more »
Last month, video game developer ARIKA—known for fighting games like Fighting Ex Layer, as well as developing recent Switch multiplayer titles Tetris 99, Pac-Man 99, and Super Mario Bros. 35—announced that someone had sent them a threat, which promised to both harm the company and …Read more »
Recently a Nintendo shareholder said to top people at the company during a meeting that discussed candidates for the board of directors, “We hope that those holding key positions at Nintendo are at least game enthusiasts, even if they don’t have skills in game production. …Read more »
If you’ve had your ear to the ground today, you’ve likely heard that we’re getting a Legend of Mana anime adaptation soon. The 1999 JRPG was a critical success, and popular enough to get a remaster recently, too. We’re excited for it… but now we’re going …Read more »
An animated movie based on the Super Mario Bros. game franchise is scheduled to come out in 2022, but if Nintendo has anything to say about it, this is only the beginning of them turning their products into animation. “Animation, in general, is something that …Read more »
Wan Piao, a man who owns an import toy store located in El Monte, California, has been busted for making and selling a bunch of counterfeit goods. Piao was arrested on November 1 under charges of manufacturing and possessing what amounts to over US$1.4 million …Read more »
Nintendo recently released a ranking of 2018 Switch downloads—including overall retail downloads and games only available digitally—for Japan. While they don’t come with any associated numbers, both categories have been ranked in a convenient Top 30. Some of the titles below were released prior to …Read more »
It’s not a secret to everybody. Producer Adi Shankar, who produced Netflix’s animated Castlevania series, is in talks to work his magic on a series based on Legend of Zelda. On Monday, Shankar wrote he was “working with an iconic Japanese gaming company to adapt …Read more »
Pokémon fans in Japan can now get further insight into the mind behind the phenomenon, series creator Satoshi Tajiri. Shogakukan published an autobiographical story in the form of a manga, with additional commentary provided by none other than Super Mario Bros. mastermind Shigeru Miyamoto. Shogakukan …Read more »
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